Values Academy
Charity 1131991
Overview
Summary
Values Academy appears to occupy a specialist education-and-transition role for young people whose access to mainstream provision has broken down or become unsuitable. Its remit combines alternative education for 11–18-year-olds with wider support up to age 25, linking personal development, employability, advice and recreation. This suggests an organisation designed not only to re-engage young people in learning, but also to support their movement toward independent adulthood where exclusion, special educational needs or social disadvantage create barriers.
Operational geography
Coverage: Neighbourhood
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No current Birmingham service location is evidenced. The organisation's former Birmingham school closed on 21 August 2024.
- Values Academy remains registered as a charity, but Companies House records the company as being in liquidation. This strongly indicates that its former school operation has ceased, but does not by itself rule out every possible residual charitable activity.
- The current registered office in Birmingham should not be treated as an operational site: it was recorded after the school closure and during insolvency proceedings.
- The latest available trustees' report describes operations during the year ended 31 March 2023, when the charity operated schools in Birmingham and Nuneaton. It is therefore historical evidence and cannot establish current Birmingham delivery or partnerships.
Additional evidence needed
- A current statement from the liquidator, trustees or Charity Commission confirming whether any charitable services continue and, if so, where they are delivered.
- Any post-21 August 2024 operational, closure or transfer documentation for the Birmingham school.
- A current annual report or return covering activity after the school closure, including any continuing projects, service contracts or delivery partners.
Areas of work
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A bridge between education exclusion and adult independence
The organisation appears to treat disrupted education as part of a wider transition challenge, combining provision for excluded or special-needs learners with skills, advice and unemployment relief for young people up to 25.
Why it matters
This indicates that Values Academy may be more than an alternative education provider: it may offer continuity across the point where school-based support often ends and adult independence becomes more important.
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“Provides full or part-time education for children and young people aged 11-18 who may not receive suitable provision because of exclusion from education or special educational needs.”
Source:Organisation“Acts as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 through advice, assistance and programmes that develop skills and capabilities, advance education and relieve unemployment.”
Source:Charity Commission
Personal and social development is central, not peripheral
Values Academy appears to frame educational participation as inseparable from personal, social and health education, maturity and the capacity to participate in society.
Why it matters
This distinguishes a potentially holistic model from one focused narrowly on qualifications or attendance, which may be particularly relevant for young people whose needs are not met by conventional education alone.
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“Advances education through the provision of personal, social and health education.”
Source:Charity Commission“Develops young people's skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.”
Source:Charity Commission
A broad welfare remit may enable flexible support
The organisation's objects suggest it can respond to overlapping barriers, including disability, poverty, infirmity and social or economic circumstances, rather than limiting itself to a single eligibility category.
Why it matters
This may allow Values Academy to work with young people whose educational difficulties are connected to wider disadvantage. However, the evidence does not show which groups it currently reaches in practice.
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“Provides recreational and leisure-time activity for people in need by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances.”
Source:Charity Commission“Promotes social welfare or education for people living in the area of benefit in which the charity operates.”
Source:Organisation
- The organisation's geographic area of benefit and local relationships are not identified.
- It is unclear whether education is delivered directly, commissioned through partners or both.
- There is no evidence about learner outcomes, scale, staffing or the needs most commonly addressed.
Remaining uncertainties
- Current programme descriptions, age groups served and referral pathways.
- Information on partnerships with schools, local authorities, employers and youth services.
- Outcome data on education, progression, wellbeing and employment.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
To advance the full or part-time education of children and young people aged 11-18 who by reason of exclusion from education or otherwise by special educational needs may not for any period received suitable provision unless alternatives are made for them. To promote or advance for the benefit of the social welfare or education of people living in the area of benefit in which the charity operates.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION; TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION; C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; D. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS."